Perpetual desk calendar and memorandum pad



March 23 1926. 1,577,631

A. D. BAGGETT Er AL V PERPETUAL DESK CALENDAR AND MEMORANDUM PAD Filed Sept. 28, 1925 SEPTEMBER ISEPTEMBERI .ADuBay' 'ett n H M 25.1mm

Fan/f l/Vgg'kl' wwntod Patented Mar. 23, l fiu ALTON D. BAGGET'I, RAYMOND LE. MILLER,A1\ID FRANK WEIGHT, 015' TEMPLE, TEXAS.

Application filed Septcn1hcr28, 1925. Serial No. 59,120.

1 a w 7mm it may concern Be it known that we, ALTON D. Baeenrr, RAYMOND E. ltlrnnnn, and FRANK WRIGHT, citizens of the United States, residing at Temple, in the county of Bell and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Perpetual Desk Calendars and Memorandum Pads, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in desk pads and calendars, such as are employed in keeping notes and memoranda and has for its object to provide a neat, convenient and practical device of this nature. The improved desk pad and calendar has a means for holding the calendar slips which may be used from year to year, the pad having a series of rollers, a supply of paper and a means for feeding the paper through and from the machine.

In addition to the above the frame or body of the combination desk pad and calendar is stamped or cut from a single piece of material, thereby making it economical of manufacture.

With the above objects in view, the invention will be clearly understood by reference to the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the invention.

Figure 2 is a top view.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view, along line 3--3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view along line 4l -t of Figure 2.

Figures 5 and 6 are detail views of the calendar slips.

In carrying out the invention, there is provided a frame cut and stamped from a single piece of metal or other material. The front sides 2 of the frame are inclined up wardly and are spanned by a writing sup port 3 and beyond. the support 3 is a pocket l: containing the calendar slips 5 and 6 having the names of the months and calendar days printed thereon.

Behind the pocket t is a roll of paper 7 mounted upon a small roller 8 with shaft 9. This shaft and roller are supported between upstanding posts 10-10, which are formed by a continuation of the framev sides 2 9..

Inside the frame is a master roller 11 and a series of smaller rollers 12, 18 and 1%, all of rubber, for carrying and feeding the 12 and under the master roller 11 and underneath and over the front roller 13. Fromthe roller 13 the paper is then directed upon and over the support 3, then under the lastroller 14. All the rollers are mounted upon shafts 16, 17, 18 and 19 in the sides of the frame, the master roller 11 having on its shaft 19 a knurled knob 20 for rotating and feeding the paper from the roll 7.

It will be observed that the device is pro vided with apaper cutter or lip 21, and an opening 22 is provided between the support 3 and the rear of the lip 21 to enable the paper to pass downward under the roller 14. The free end of the strip in being fed outward is directed against a shelf 23 which prevents the paper from being caught in the machine. In the front of the device the frame has a crossbar 24 and underneath the paper roll 7 is another cross-bar 25, the cross-bar 24 having secured thereto a spring clip 26- which bears against the paper strip 15 to retain it on the roller 13. Feet 2727 support the device upon a desk or the like.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that the paper can be easily fed through the machine by rotation of the knob and a substantial portion of the paper is supported and exposed upon the support 3 for notes and memorandum. The arrangement of the rollers and paper cutter enable the paper to be fed easily and accurately through the machine and the memoranda and notes severed when discarded.

It should be understood that changes and modifications may be made in the invention and such equivalents substituted in the art as will come within the meaning of the following claims:

1. A device of the character described comprising, a horizontally disposed frame having interconnected upper and side walls, said upper wall being inclined from end to end and terminating short of one end of the side wall to form a pair of transversely spaced paper roll supporting arms at said one end, 'an upwardly inclined article supporting pocket at the end of the upper wall adjacent said arms, said upper wall having an inwardly stamped transverse channel adjacent said pocket and a longitudinal slot in the bottom of said channel, said upper wall having additional transverse slots, guide rollers beneath said upper Wall, and a feed roller coacting With one of the guide rollers adjacent said slots to direct paper through said slots.

2. A device of the character, described comprising, a horizontally disposed frame having interconnected upper and side Walls, said upper Well being inclined from its front to rear end and terminating short of one end of the side wall to form a pair of transversely spaced paper roll supporting arms at said one end, said inclined Wall having a substantlally V-shaped transverse channel adjacent the rear end, one Wall of said channel having a longitudinal slot, the upper wall of said slot forming a paper cutter, said inclined Wall having a pair of longitudinally spaced transverse slots arranged forwardly of said transverse channel to perinit threading a sheet of paper therethrough and disposing the portion between said slot upon the upper side of said Wall, guide rollers arranged beneath the upper wall, and a feed roller coacting with one of said guide rollers to direct paper through the first nain'ed slot.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures.

ALTON D. BAGGETT.

RAYMOND E. MILLER.

FRANK WRIGHT. 

